We're just a bunch of knuckleheads dishing the dirt about our favorite sport. With rants and musings galore, get ready for in-your-face writing with a hint of sarcasm and a healthy dose of humor. Add two gallons Kool-Aid and enjoy! PS: We're totally awesome.

Well I’ve been wanting to fool with doing one of these off my blackberry, and if you’re gonna test something you try it before you go live at a devils game right?? And few people in life do I hold a bigger grudge for turning chicken shit and running for the hills more then coach prune-face….so let’s bring the hate and watch Brent Sutter perfect the art of choke-coaching and do it in the regular season!!!

And this game has even more meaning tonight, and yeah this story will take a bit to get to properly but here goes: as some of you know I have a zero-type relationship with my father, long story I ain’t looking for pity, it doesn’t give me a reason for anything in my life and it hasn’t turned me into any kinda headcase….but anyway, my sister found him and he found me and in the process I am getting to know my two half-brothers and two half-sisters and its been good….so in that process I was talking and hounding the oldest about watching some olympic hockey, and finally she caved and watched the 3rd period of the gold medal game….and when parise scored she was like, who was THAT?? I’m like oh he’s one of ours and she goes back, you have season tickets right?? Now three of the four are watching tonight

First Period

— Nice touch having free falling on for one of the old Scott Stevens light em up hits!!
— Kovy down in the corner but as he gets up we resort to Ivan Drago type lines for him declaring revenge on svatos!!
“Brent, I must break you!!”
–I kinda wish we still had bergfors for tonight so he could score flip off Sutter and yell fuck you and your 45 seconds of ice time ball bag!!!!!! ….though Andy could do the same here!!!

(1-0) Parise[29] (Langenbrunner, Greene) {13:37}
Oh andy you’re back!! ….nice play at the point to keep turn and shoot, Langenbrunner in front tips it
but kicks it over the net…and its ahhhhhh Parise!! Rebound, scwar!!!

— all in all a fun first period, very high tempo, and it was nice to see Brian Rolston play like he gave a fuck and a half tonight (even drawing a penalty!!)

Second Period

— second period, not so good a start :p

(1-1) Langkow[12] (Higgins, Kotalik) {1:43}
Wow white and Mottau on for a goal against?? Just for you Brent! Higgins
behind the net….cycles in front….Mottau doesn’t and Langkow spin-a-roonies
it past mb30 (not his fault)

– we’re halfway t where we want ‘em now, get them up 2-1 with 90 seconds left and we’re GOLD!!
— so Staios can pile drive kovy into the boards, but they call him on the reacharound?? CMON!!
— hrrmm, kipper’s pads look bigger, compensating for an American beat down, fuck yea!!
— well our guy didn’t do too well on the US either…

(2-1, Cgy) Glencross [15-sh] (none) {5:41}
Man Kovy got owned at the point and had a breakaway so clean
he could map 50 ways to score on mb30 on this one and he owned
him like a blonde drunk with a keg of Coors light!!
(clearly the turning point of the night)

— got ‘em right where we want ‘em kids!! Now we wait!!!
— clarkson fights for the Clark-a-like behind the bar!!! Two punches a take down and stunner!!!! Now give Sutter double digits!!!!
— me “dammit kovy you owe us one for the oopsie before”….ten seconds later rob texts “kovy owes us one eh?”
— man the flames are all over the front of the net, when did Brent learn coaching 101??
— umm, 15 years of recaps and I’m stunned….

(3-1) Nystrom[7] (none) {16:04}
Canada’s favorite punching bag makes a nice poke check to stop the puck,
has it with his glove but loses his balance and moves, exposing the puck and
hellllooo empty netter, feeling our age are we mb??

— wow, they quit on Sutter this time, irony ….least that period is over!!

Third Period

— things went ok in the third, but not for long…

(4-1) Stajan[19] (Bourque, Iginla) {9:29}
Flames not getting much preesure but it only takes one shift….
Bourque rips a nice shot that mb gets the shoulder on but the
rebound was beefier and this one’s DONE….

— seems goalie interference doesn’t exist anymore

(5-1) Moss[8] (Hagman, Backlund) {10:02}
Moss all but puts his junk in mb’s mouth while totalling
busting into the crease, gets the rebound and holy shit….
Least this goal is Bob Backlund approved, eh?

— well least Clarkson whipped some ass, to think I almost went to this :p
— speaking of blowing even a Brent Sutter team can’t blow this!
— well I guess we can make em squirm…

(5-2) Parise[30-pp] (Langenbrunner, Zajac) {16:08}
Heh, seem familiar kipper??? Parise the long pass across to
Langs who bombs it, unlike in a Finn jersey, Kipper stops it
but beefy rebound du jour is there for Zach to tip home…aahhh??

— well it IS Brent Sutter!!

(5-3) Kovalchuk[34] (Elias, Zubrus) {17:26}
Well I was about to say if they get one here they can make em sweat….and Kovy walks over the line…shot…squeaks….through…Kipper and stops just over the goal line!!!

— make em sweat fuckers!!!!
— and our best goalie’s in there….empty net!! But it was not meant to be….oh well, they did make it interesting at least…..

(well unless anyone wants to guest host the Oilers game…. no more recaps till the Wednesday Ranger game… but i’ll try to pop up something to give some kind of discussion on the board…. wanna keep the place active after all!!!)

Okay, so I gotta work on the name. I can’t help it if Hat Trick doesn’t fit in as nicely for Langenbrunner as it does Andy Greene (Greenetrick!) or Niklas Bergfors (Bergtrick!) or Patty Elias (Hatrik, of course).

But yes, Jamie Langenbrunner, fresh off his addition to the roster of Team USA as token old guy, goes home to Minnesota and notches a hat trick in a game the Devils absolutely did not deserve to win, yet still managed to. The win was entirely because of the Captain. Well, okay, Jay Pandolfo (seriously!) and Martin Brodeur too. Everyone else kind of sucked. Even our beloved Andy Greene (we say it ’cause we love, Andy!).

But despite the majority of the team sucking, the Devils still topped the Wild, 5-3. All because of Captainbrunner’s first career hat trick. I’m amazed it’s his first.

So a brief jaunt into the Western Conference ends with an abysmal performance in a Chicago loss and a not-much-better performance in a Minnesota win. But that’s the nice thing about this year’s team – they can still find a way to win even when they suck. It wasn’t happening that way the last few years.

Now we can look forward to Tuesday against the Stars. Why would anyone be looking forward to this game in particular? Three reasons: 1) Stanley Cup in the house (and money raised by selling pictures with it goes to charity, always something we’re down with at 2MA), 2) Claude Lemieux is scheduled to be there, and 3) I’m gonna be sitting in the rich people seats that night. Hooray for free food and pretending to be snobby in the Ice Lounge!

10:48 PM: Oh, the ZubbieCounterContest, of course. A big congrats to Kristyn, who’s 27th Goal As A Devil “27 Dresses” Zubbie picture just edged out Kevin B.’s 26th Goal As A Devil Zubmission. Kristyn, get a hold of us at zubbiecounter at gmail dot com and we’ll get your unidentified swag in the mail. Congratulations! Goodnight everyone.

10:46 PM: Okay, I’m all kinds of frustrated right now. The site doesn’t wanna load, the Devils won’t wanna win, I give up. Stars win, 5-3. First LiveCap of the season = total failure. Maybe I’ll see about doing one next weekend.

9:53 PM: Patty Elias has two assists on the night, playing primarily at center. I have to admit, Zubbie’s probably not putting up any points in that role.

9:52 PM: Third period on…let’s hope the website holds up!

9:37 PM: Okay, there’s some issues with WordPress right now apparently. The website won’t load on a regular basis. The score is now 3-2 Stars, with Brian Rolston scoring on a slapshot on the power play about halfway through the period (Tyler Eckford picks up his first career NHL point with a secondary assist on the goal). Second period is now over, and hopefully I’ll be back for a third period LiveCap, I hope. If the website chooses to load properly. If this little note even makes it to publication….

9:11 PM: Apparently Nelson Muntz laughing means we’re going back to the penalty kill. Travis Zajac is off for tripping. Our penalty kill has not been stellar tonight. Gulp.

9:05 PM: Okay, as much as I like him, THE Yann Danis is just not making the stops Marty’s made so far this period. He got three strong ones on one sequence there and fought ‘em all off. We’ve a chance in this yet.

9:01 PM: Good stop by Marty (uhh, our Marty, not their’s) to start off his relief appearance.

9:00 PM: Game back on, and interestingly, Martin Brodeur is in net. THE Yann Danis cannot be pleased.

8:43 PM: Aaaaaand, period over. I’m gonna go get a stiff drink. Hopefully the second period proves better.

8:42 PM: One minute left in the period. Thank god.

8:41 PM: Okay, I hope it wasn’t that important. Power play, not successful. Sigh.

8:39 PM: Barch to the box for Dallas, Devils to the PP. Is it safe to say it’s somewhat important that they score a goal on this power play? I think it is.

8:37 PM: …BANANA SHPEEL? Really, Cirque du Soleil? Really?

8:34 PM: Dammit. Robidas takes a feed and pops one behind Danis, 3-1 Stars on another power play goal. I don’t want to write off this game already, but scoring four goals is not something this team is primed to do on a regular basis.

8:33 PM: I would be enjoying this game a lot more if it were in high def. Also, if we were doing as well in the last 14 minutes was we did in the first.

8:31 PM: Tyler Eckford is not making a good first impression. Penalty the other night, ‘nother penalty tonight. Stars back to the power play, they scored on their first one.

8:27 PM: Elias/Rolston/Langenbrunner is one of the lines. You know our team is getting old when Patrik Elias is the spring chicken of the line.

8:24 PM: I feel so bad for Matt Corrente. It’s gotta be rough being a defenseman and playing forward in your first career game. He’s wearing number 32, by the way, which looks so weird on a Devils jersey these days.

8:17 PM: Ooof, BIG rebound off the pads of THE Yann Danis. Zajac with some good backchecking to prevent an easy goal. Clarkson about to get a penalty…eventually…if we ever touch the puck again…

8:16 PM: Morrow’s out of the box, Devils power play only gets one shot on goal.

8:15 PM: I am way out of LiveCapping shape. Sorry.

8:13 PM: Matt Corrente, the young defenseman, makes his NHL debut…as a forward on his first shift. This is gonna be an interesting game. Brendan Morrow takes a penalty and the Devils hit the power play.

8:12 PM: Well it didn’t take long to give it back either. Stephane Robidas with a sinking shot that was probably tipped, and it’s a 1-1 tie.

8:10 PM: That didn’t take long at all. Assist to Mottau, and possibly someone else too.

8:05 PM: Anyone else sick of the Nissan Altima “Love Hurts” commercial yet? (Side note: Still not sick of the “The Most Interesting Man In The World” Dos Equis commercials.)

8:02 PM: OH YEAH! THE Yann Danis is in net tonight! This could be fun! La Grenouille!

7:56 PM: So Zubbie’s out (I don’t know what this blog would do if we hadn’t found a second mascot in Andy Greene). Pelley’s scratched (and not happy about it). The Devils are dressing seven defensemen: Greene, White, Mottau, Salvador, Fraser, Eckford, and Corrente).

7:46 PM: Why is it that every time I LiveCap, we’re on MSG+2×7/28-(-12)=?

7:45 PM: Okay, so. I know there’s some stuff I’ve been not doing. Namely, naming a winner in the ZubbieCounterContest. I’ll do that at the END of tonight’s game, in this very LiveCap. That’s what’s called “enticement to stay with me and enjoy the LiveCap.” (Okay, so you can read it whenever you want, but still.)

7:43 PM: Ha! I like how they showed a Rod Pelley hit when talking about the Olympics. That’s as close as you’re ever getting, Roderick.

7:41 PM: OMG2MALIVECAP! Sorry it’s taken so long to make this happen, but I’m actually sitting in my room, on my computer, at the time of a Devils game, so why the hell not? Put on a pot of coffee (light & sweet for me, thanks) and join me, will you?

Game night. Devils/Rangers. Let’s see if Marty can, y’know, win a game at the Garden for a change. It’s only been TWO AND A HALF YEARS.

2MA will probably be on radio silence this evening (but you expected that, right? We’re the flakiest bunch of flakes who ever flaked in from flaketown). I’ll miss the beginning portion of this game due to my damned continued schooling. Might try to get up a post-game analysis-type thing afterwards though, so stop in around midnight (or tomorrow, if you need your beauty rest).

The pertinent info for tonight: Brodeur in net (a-duh), Pikkachu and PLcubed in the press box, Peters and Halischuk on the ice. Everything else as it was last game (yes, likely including Zubrus centering Parise and Langenbrunner to start…god help us all. Though at least we don’t have to change the name ZZPop).

See y’all at some point after the game. Oh, and wish me luck on my midterm. Gonna need it.

So let’s see….Devils lose twice… the only athlete who looked more pathetic this weekend then mb30, was that dumbo-looking idiot quarterback of mine in Dallas… the Hell Cell PPV was an organized train wreck that looked like it was booked by the Cowboys coaching staff… and now captain douchebag Brett Favre is walking over the team he played more retirement games then Roger Clemens!!! Oh holy shit I am in a warm and peppy mood for THIS game tonight…. if you don’t like bad language… GET THE FUCK OUT NOW!

The lines:
Parise-Zajac-Langenbrunner Rolston-Zubrus-Bergfors
Pandolfo-Niedermommy-Clarkson Peters-Pelley-Pikkachu (the P’s are for PISS POOR PLAYERS)

Martin-Oduya, White-Mottau, Salvador-Murphy

the Good:
— Bryce Salvador… he had an excellent game… smart plays… good D and some nasty shots….
— Johnny Oduya you get a complete and total free pass for tonight simply for turning and making Chris Drury into hamburger after he did his best Flozell Adams impression damn near taking Paul Martin’s leg off his body… good sign number two in this is the simple fact that this team would NEVER do this last year under Mister Roboto!!
— Danius Zubrus… he’s been flat out AWESOME so far and well he’s been… oh… we’re 0-2…. yeaahhhh, well dammit he’s still been good!!!
— Also gotta say Robbie Niedermommy is warming up to me (maybe it’s the number 21)… but that shifty dive to draw a penalty to negate what seems like the one penalty we DID kill, that was A Plus little thing stuff there! FB Commentary: “Rob was just an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire.” ….. my reply: “But I was fed a bad scouting report on him for years by a big-mouth stars fan now living in LA!!”
— Jacques Lemaire… he used his timeout wisely (TAKE THAT BRENT!)… he’s fooling with the lines… like I said before this team is a puzzle that has not been figured out (please play Zubrus with Rolston and Clarkson)… but I see difference in offensive plays… passes are a bit more creative… Martin and Oduya are up the ice….Oduya damn near scored on that shortie 2 on 1…. and I like the fact that we have a superior HOCKEY MIND behind the bench and a row of Hall of Famers in Support Structure!! This team will get figured out (and getting your all time leading scorer HELPS too), if these two losses were Montreal and Washington no one would be freaking!
— That Zajac goal speaking of passing and creative plays… that shit was as pretty as it get!! And since we still have our little Napoleon the announcer… least even HE knows it’s ZAJAC… no more yelling Shanahan mister!!!!!

the Bad:
— ok so right as the first period ends… I get a call from my sister (I usually go there for dinner on Monday Nights and bonding time with my three nieces.. YES I AM GOOD WITH SMALL CHILDREN… deal with this :p )….so my sister ended up making me feel like the sweatiest, nastiest ballbag on the planet (not on purpose mind you)…. but my nieces take turns on the phone
UNCLE SCOTT… where are you?? We miss you!! We love you!!! Why did you not come to dinner??
I had a hockey game …. oh… you were playing goalie??? (they don’t understand the whole pro sports thing… my family is kinda sport retarded until I get them into the NHL)… so I told them I was and they told me another hundred times they love me and miss me (hey least it’s a female saying it and meaning it :p)…. and I basically felt like scum the rest of the game…. NEXT TIME I have Dana put the game on and tell them Uncle Scott is the puffy guy wearing #30 (right now I might be better….)
— the power play… when you get a 5 on 3 and the other team gets called for ramming your goalie… YOU MUST SCORE A GOAL… period… no excuses.. I don’t wanna hear about players on ice or any of that shit… GET IT DONE!!
— the penalty kill…. yes Oduya got douched when he MANNED UP and pounded Drury into soft veal, but still again YOUR TEAM MUST GET YOUR BACK THERE AND KILL THE PENALTY and not pull a “34 second Flaming TODD” (sorry only 3 people get that… it’s epic funny! One of them WAS on facebook though…. “Steve LaFlamme Todd lasted loner than that…”)… not to mention… two of the three goals were let up on the power play…
— again when a team is struggling and trying to find itself (and this one IS do not doubt this)… the GOALIE HAS TO BE BETTER, the “best goalie in the world cause you can ask him and he’ll tell you”…. HAS TO BE ABOVE AVERAGE… hell average might be NICE now, though if this keeps up Team Canada is gonna laugh him off the roster, 2003 was a LONG LONG time ago… time to start playing to the level you THINK you’re at… ASSHOLE!!!!! My MB30 tolerance is THIN now….

the Funny:
— yes there was a lot of fun tonight…
— Lil Nicky did provide a lot of it:
1. “Is that crazy lady coming tonight?? She was funny!!! I want to know next time she’s coming!!”
2. Watching him cover his ears at the cursing towards Ranger Fans!
3. Waving the RANGERS SUCK thundersticks at the 500 pound Ranger fan (you ever see a guy so fat you can smell a stink on them? that was this dude….)
— My comment on the Niedermommy goal (did I mention the name STAYS??)
“We don’t need a hero… WE NIDERMOMMY!!!!! SCCCARRRRREEEE!!!!”
— Personal note to self and other guys…. its great to be a big fan and love the team and wear the red and black, but if you’re a guy and you wear the flashing devil horns…oh no, you’re gay dude!!
— Hey it could be worse…. we could be Oiler fans!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVEC4rNIiUA here…. go feel better!!!
— and hey… Sean Avery did miss the game with a torn and inflamed vagina… that always bring a chuckle!!!

Sorry guys… looks like 2man takes a nap until Oct 16 now…. If I did these road games as they went on with me watching them I’d get back into my OCD addiction issues I had in the pre-lockout CRASHER LINE days… I ain’t doing that no more (don’t worry there will be a random ROAD thoughts from a Section in Buffalo Dec 7th though!)… Comment away and let the shit fly!!

OMG!!!
OMG!!!
OMG!!!
I AM SO FREAKING OUT I WILL ACTUALLY SAY OH MY GOD!!!!
WE LOST THE HOME OPENER TO THE FLYERS… OH NO… babies are burning… dogs are getting humped by cats… the Cubs will win a World Series!!!!!!!

CALM THE FUCK DOWN PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!
It was ONE GAME… and it’s gonna hurt people to hear this (but hey that is what I do, right?)… the Flyers are a BETTER team then we are… the Penguins… are a better team then we are (least right now)

The Good:
— Well hats off to Bill for organizing that pre-game Bar Crawl all over Ironbound…. stir-fried abortion pizza aside, it was a hundred stars and we all had a FANTASTIC TIME… well till we hit the Arena Bar and we all scattered… that die hard U of Michigan fan doing the play by play on the MSU game on the phone was truly one of the funniest things I ever saw (well aside of me turning THAT pizza box into a Hell In A Cell Type foreign object… Gina took more head shots from it then Pacino did in Scarface :p)
— Rolston on the power play to avenge that horrific 5 on 3 in the first period…. and Langenbrunner on the short handed goal…. shame I didn’t feel like celebrating the goals cause they felt wasted and I’d rather save that for Monday now….
— Good loud and READY crowd… shame they got NOTHING to cheer for… grrrrr
— 2 points for the Zubbie monster!! Since he is like the 2ma mascot… gotta cheer for that… also Nick Bergfors getting an assist was nice….

The Bad:
— Well.. the game… the GOALTENDING for damn sure… like I said… there are teams WAY better then us now… so that means YOU
… mister REPUTATION GOALIE… GET OFF YOUR ASS AND ELEVATE TO BE THAT BEST GOALIE IN THE WORLD YOU DELUDE YOURSELF INTO THINKING YOU ARE… instead we get a vinatge Nabakov impressinon and MB30 shits the bed so much that HHH is gonna smell the leftovers during the main event tomorrow night!!!
— Oduya/Martin and White/Mottau?? How many coaches are going to fail with this top 4?? I love ya Jacques and you are wise… this is NOT the way my friend…..
— So we fire Cameron the shirt tossing fuckface… and can’t find ANYONE ELSE to embarrass themselves in our arena?? So we bring the walking pile of AIDS BACK? Least now it fit the goaltending effort :p
— that 5 on 3 for two minutes in the first period was one of the harshest most painful moments of GAME OVER hockey I ever sat through in October…. I’ve seen worse in April…..
— Ryan Murphy… you are NOT Andy Greene sir.. give him his spot back!!!!
— Speaking of minuses … Johnny Oduya a -3? oi to the VEY indeed…..

the Funny:
— Well besides the bar crawl of course :).. anyone who’s been following my football commentary… I’ve been using this analogy to describe how I feel as a Cowboys fan seeing Terrell Owens being the Buffalo Bills’ problem this year:
“It’s like you walk down the street… you see someone… aw shit it’s your ex… she gets closer and the closer she gets the more you realize she put on like 50 ponds… and the more you see it.. the better you feel”….well lo and behold … I did walk past an ex coming down the escalator… and well fuck my life… SHE PUT ON LIKE 50 POUNDS…I have to admit I did chuckle!!!
— BREAKING NEWS, an usher to be unnamed has revealed to me that a certain mister steve cangeolsi has certain issues and does not like to be informed or reminded of his lack of height..yes people, cang has a napolean complex!!!!!!! I am set for life!!! (and anyone who knows me … and why, I’m gonna beat this horse into the tiny little ground the dude stands on!!!)
— damn I almost forgot this… and I am glad I facebook shit to keep it in mind… seeing Jamie get ID-ed in bar number three…. FOR A COKE… that was funny but sad all in one as well
— Lil Nicky, you are STILL a star… and that under the radar “cuckoo” message… hundred stars and the lil fella did get it all right again!

Alright I think I put enough into this tonight… and it’s Hell in a Cell tomorrow… and then Hell with Ranger fans… maybe the shit stink will be GONE by then…….

10:19 PM: That’s gonna be it for me tonight gang, thanks for hanging out.Â See you at the Rock on Saturday!

10:14 PM: Devils win the Atlantic Division and are locked into the number three seed – both of these determined before the game was even over.Â The win tonight gives the team 50 wins on the year, a franchise record.Â Montreal earned a point in Boston by sending the game to overtime, and now all eight playoff spots in the east are secured, it’s just a matter of seeding now.Â Your elite eight of the east:Â Boston, Washington, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Carolina, Pittsburgh, New York, Montreal.

10:13 PM: Spezza denied by Brodeur and the Devils win the shootout 2-1 and the game 3-2!

10:13 PM: Langs stopped glove side by Auld.Â Still 2-1, Spezza up for Ottawa.

10:13 PM: Fisher misses to the left, remains 2-1 and if Langs scores we win.

10:12 PM: Shanahan roofs it over Auld’s glove, 2-1!

10:12 PM: Alfredsson snaps it past Marty’s glove.Â 1-1.

10:11 PM: Zach Parise just completely undressed Alex Auld and it’s 1-0 Devils.Â Remember the goal earlier this year against Washington?Â It was like that.

10:10 PM: I predict Parise, Elias, and John Madden’s stick as shootout contestants.Â Also, I think I just heard the TV change to NHL Network at Scott Mackie’s house.

10:09 PM: Seriously though, I can’t remember the last time we played in a shootout, let alone the last time I LiveCapped a shootout.Â Interesting.

9:57 PM: DAMMIT!Â Sens fire one off the post that looks like it’s in, White with a good defensive play to prevent a goal, then Dany Heatley manages to pound it home.Â God-friggin-dammit.Â Tie game, 30 seconds left.

9:55 PM: Alex Auld on the bench for the Sens now, timeout Ottawa…A minute and a half to go and it’s still 2-1 Devils.Â Meep.

9:43 PM: …and now the power play’s totally done.Â Andy Greene takes a tripping penalty and it’ll be four-on-four for a minute, then Sens on the PP.

9:42 PM: First minor is done, two minutes to go on the PP.

9:41 PM: Gio got smooshed again.Â Gio’s too easily smooshable.

9:39 PM: Ooooh, Daniel Alfredsson got pissy with a ref over a penalty and now is serving two minutes for interference (I assume) and another two for unsportsmanlike conduct.Â Four minute power play for the Devils!

9:36 PM: Welp, Rangers win so they’re in the playoffs.Â Sigh.Â BUT, it does mean that the Devils are officially 2008-09 Atlantic Division champions!

9:35 PM: Jebus.Â Marty can’t hold onto the puck and gets creamed by about 20 Devils and 14 Senators.Â …I may be exaggerating a little.

9:32 PM: Ruutu takes a hook and we’re back to the PP.

9:25 PM: To borrow a line from the -Ookies of Interchangeable Parts, ZACH’S NEVER GONNA SCORE AGAIN!Â Hits the post on the power play.Â Shortly afterward, Martin with a drive, breaks his stick, and then breaks up an ensuing Sens breakaway WITHOUT A STICK.Â Paul Martin is a defensive machine!

9:23 PM: Devils have a full two minutes of PP time to start the period.Â Fresh ice, fresh legs, full length power play…surely we have to score, right?Â Surely…?

9:22 PM: I love the Chuck the Duck season recap.Â Almost more than the actual season recap.

9:05 PM: That’ll be the end of a much better second period.Â Penalty on the Senators as time expires and it’ll be the Devils on a full two minutes of PP time when the third starts.Â Yay!

9:01 PM: I wonder if John Madden’s hockey stick is also an unrestricted free agent this year, and how much it’ll cost to lock it up for three years.

8:59 PM: BRILLIANT!Â The pass bounces off of John Madden’s stick – which Madden was not holding – and out of the zone.Â LOVE IT!

8:58 PM: And now John Madden has no stick.Â Crap.

8:58 PM: Yep, Whitey’s in the box…again…

8:57 PM: Colin White (I think) takes a hooking penalty.Â Even if it wasn’t him, I’m gonna blame Colin White anyway.Â Just for the hell of it.Â Someone, because of Colin White, takes a hooking penalty.Â So the Sens head to a PP.

8:51 PM: Nearly a two-on-one for the Devils but Zajac is a step slow and Langenbrunner misses the net on the shot.Â Two-on-one the other way and Marty stones ‘em.Â Phew.

8:45 PM: White and Chris Neil get pissy with one another and start bitchslapping each other – Colin won’t drop ‘em ’cause of the eye injury, and Neil won’t drop him ’cause he’s Chris Neil.Â Two minutes each for roughing.

8:42 PM: Alex Auld plays another puck behind the net.Â He didn’t just give it to one of the Devils this time, though.Â Drats.

8:39 PM: That was Gionta’s 20th goal of the season.Â Kind of sad when we’re looking at that as a milestone for Brian Gionta.

8:34 PM: WHOO!Â Auld with an awful giveaway to Clarkson, who attempts the world-reknowned Clarkaround – misses terribly, but the puck slides straight out to Brian Rolston and it’s 2-1 Devils!Â Also, Gionta’s goal did not come at the tail end of the power play, it came just after it ended.

8:33 PM: GIONTA!Â Gio tips-in Shanahan’s shot at the very end of the power play and we’re tied!

8:32 PM: Ugh.Â Terrible giveaway by Andy Greene.Â On the plus side, at least he recovered and was able to play some decent Greene-fense to prevent a shot on goal.

8:30 PM: Senators take a very stupid too many men on the ice penalty while in the offensive zone, after a nice save on a very impressive drop-pass-and-shot from…a pair of Senators.Â God I’m not very good at LiveCapping tonight.

8:11 PM: The time remaining in the period and the power play are exactly the same.Â Funky.

8:10 PM: …not a very GOOD power play, mind you, but a power play nonetheless.

8:09 PM: On a long delayed penalty, Gionta gets the puck to Zubbie, who drives, protects the puck, cuts for the goal…and falls and collides heavily with the boards.Â Oh well, at least we’re on a power play now.

8:04 PM: Paul Martin was a puck-handling, puck-possession machine!Â Killed the last 10 seconds on the Senators PP all by his lonesome, forcing his will on the puck carrier and qoinking it away.

8:02 PM: How did Ottawa get two Irish guys on their team?Â Shannon and Kelly…I assume they’re Irish, don’t get much more Irish than that.Â Also, a Devil took a penalty.Â I think Colin White, but I wasn’t paying much attention.Â Sorry.

8:00 PM: ‘nother odd-man rush, this time for the Sens, and Marty’s like “NUH-UH!”Â ‘least he decided to pay attention tonight.Â Much better save there than anything in the Toronto game.

7:58 PM: 2-on-1 with Zajac and Langenbrunner.Â No goal.Â No surprise.

7:55 PM: PLcubed vs. Winchester (who?).Â Lots of grappling, not so much on the punching side.Â “How’s your wife and my kids?” kind of affair.

7:51 PM: Elias gets sprung on a mini-breakaway but can’t do anything with it.Â Why did you get those days off again Patty?

7:50 PM: All kinds of bad things are happening elsewhere tonight:Â Rangers are winning, Panthers are losing…I was hoping we could get a win this evening to guarantee the division, then watch the Flyers sweep the Rangers out of the playoffs and helping Florida in.Â Oh well.

7:47 PM: Elias is back too.Â Only half as important as PLcubed’s return.Â Rupp and Holik take a seat in the press box, much to the maniacal laughter of Jay Pandolfo.Â Still no Havelid, which means there’s still a certain level of Greene-fense this evening as well.

One mere section over from Section Two-Oh-Ten (hey I said it I’ll take my shit for it :p)… well at least for now… there’s gonna be some bitching about THAT in a minute… and it just seemed like just another night in the office for the Devils… and an impromptu 2ma reunion in the section too!!!!!

the Good:
— after a first period that was coma-like… Jesus was mb30 in a ZONE last night… willing that game to shutout 101, well once Lemaire gave up and started playing offense
— the penalty killing… yeah the refs got a little too into the “College Basketball chant” coming from 209 and kept calling penalties to see how long they could keep it going… but a 7 for 7.. what can you ask for!!
— It’s amazing how now a bad game for Parise is “only 2 assists” and the record watch is now at 7 goals and 9 points with 11 games to play (not to mention 13 points from a 100-point season… and NO ONE saw this coming this year!)
— then again this team’s offense as a whole is stupid good this year… Parise over 40… Elias at 30 goals
.. Langenbrunner and Zajac over 20 and Gionta, Zubrus and Clarkson close to the 20 mark (not like all of them will get it… but hell, anything is possible with this team… well except reasonable prices up high :p)
— and speaking of… Paul Martin’s diving keep and then shot to the net which lead to Elias breaking the 30-goal mark… as gorgeous a goal as you’ll see with your own eyes!!

the Bad:
— Well my mood was set well before I got to the game tonight, I saw it on NJDevs this morning… and I got the thing in the mail to make it WORSE… now come this time of year when you get a package from the Devils I was like.. ohhh… playoff tix are here… oh no no no NO…. what did I get in the mail you ask??

“Please note your invoice reflects the new pricing for the 2009-10 season….If you PAY IN FULL by April 17th, you will receive your 2008-09 season ticket price of $22 per game, pay in FULL by April 17, or three monthly installments in April, May and June” (yeah you know when the second PLAYOFF invoice kicks in)

yes they give you a bunch of shit like a BBQ and a meet and greet… but you know what I’ll take NONE of that and keep my fucking prices!!!

(and oh yeah, your parking got jacked $3.50 a game too)… more of this to come after a VERY angry phone call on Monday to the Devils front office!!
…. and in case ya cared… my options if they continue this donkey-fuck…
1. move to 208…. 2. I’ll be taking road trips and fuck that arena ever sees my money again!
— Also… by the Way… the Wild fucking SUCK too… thank God I was pissed off and ranting… that first period was TERRIBLE!!!

the Funny:
— Well trying to tell poor Jamie on the phone I was on the 208/209 side of the section with people wondering why she needed a phone to hear me at that point (when I get loud and people don’t hear me I get confused… I ain’t used to it)… and of course the 5-time slip of saying I’m not on the 2-oh-10 side… ah well… it was amusing!
— AS we all know we have some fine young draft picks up and coming in section 208/209 (well if THEY don’t get priced out of the fucking building!)… we have the biggest star of the lot in Little Nicky… and the ever-famous Beer Plinko Kid
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCIupHdUuVM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erSN2IogQjs and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNwRqPH4-s4 … for reference!) …. Beer plinko kid’s dad buys his boys’ ice cream (I could spend days ranting on the price for a family of 4 in the building)… he goes to his kids and goes “Hey you guys better enjoy this… you ain’t getting nothing else here tonight”…. so I turn and go “Better eat it slow guys”…. lil Nicky picking up his game in superstar mode turns and starts chanting “EAT IT SLOW … EAT IT SLOW …. EAT IT SLOW!!” If I ever fool a woman into being crazy enough to let me have a kid with her… I want a lil Nicky dammit!!!!! (not to mention the same 6-year old giving grief to the guy who couldn’t change his own tire on this car!)

–I might have more later… I’m still pissed that in the middle of a magic amazing season like this I get donkey-punched and blindside like that… and anyone who knows anything about me… when I get attacked in my crease… someone gets fucked up!!!!

Ah I had to say something about this nice little weekend of hockey we had here (though I still contest whoever thought it was a neat idea to have back to back home matinee games on a Saturday and Sunday… he should be pistol-whipped to a near-death state… or be forced into a Weekes-like exile!!) … but when lack of sleep is all you got to bitch about…. it’s a hell of a weekend!!!

The Good:
— Me thinks Andy Greene had one HELL of a game on Sunday here (I’ve been talking about to the Greene-Machine to people I trust the hockey knowledge about…. and to be honest, people give Greene a lot of shit because he’s an average player on what looks like a VERY special team, and people don’t get it! Lyle Odelein…. HE was a bad Devil…. Ken Klee…. BAD DEVIL…. Kevin Dean… BAD DEVIL… Phil Housely… HORRID Devil…. Andy Greene… you’re ok buddy!!!!)
— MB30… what can I say… he was FINALLY tested in the Flyers game and came up big, more so in the 3rd period… and boy did he shut up the Phailure Phans en MASSE, I did like the WHY SO QUIET chant too!)… I still would have felt better if Weekes had played on Saturday… i’m paranoid… deal with it!
— 2 games and a 10-2 win margin… yeah we likey!!
— Zach Parise… man the MVParise wagon is GROWING, and those Zajac and Langenbrunner guys are pretty good too!!
— Power play and pk clicking… defense… offense… goaltending… this team seriously has it all! it’s scary to think how far this team CAN go this year…..hell even attendance is awesome (too many people in the place for MY liking :p)

the Bad:
— Cameron the shirt tossing pile of AIDS is not only still alive but it was tossing shirts on Saturday and I will not be happy until it dies savagely! (OH MY GOD I just found we pay it $2000 a game FOR THIS… fuck meeeeee)
— There was an awful lot of players falling on that blue line all weekend… I’d almost swear they greased that bastard up for the game!

the Funny:
Some highlights from the weekend:
— One of the 209ers decided to buy a ton of dollar hot dogs and share them with the section… and he did… and in mocking the 40-year old shirt tossing pedophile, he was tossing hot dogs across the section… which was awesome… until he hit an unsuspecting 8 year old in the face with one… ah screw it… it was hilarious!!!
— “The Wheels on your house goes round n round…. round n round… round n round… the wheels on your house go round n round….all the daytime long!” Ahhh… it’s been a while!
— Good God there was so much insanity and I’m kinda winded (and have a month in review to write on my snow day I’ll just say show up at Sun Tavern in Roselle Park on Tuesday Night and just JOIN IN!!!)

5:41 PM: Stats:Â Clarkson with two goals.Â Parise, Rolston, and Gionta with two assists (Gionta with the first goal, as well).Â Four game winning streak – including two in a row over the two best teams in hockey.Â What a weekend.Â That’s going to do it for me today.Â Goodnight everyone!

5:39 PM: Stars of the game:Â Clarkson, Langenbrunner, Elias.

5:38 PM: GAME OVER!Â DEVILS WIN, 6-5!Â Devils give the Sharks their first regulation loss when leading after two periods.Â Good god what a game.Â You coulda had this on national TV, NBC.Â Bite me!

5:36 PM: Empty net for the Sharks.Â Also, Clarkson gets credit for the last goal, not Rolston.Â Thirty seconds to go in the game, the penalty is over!

5:35 PM: Minute and thirty to go in the game, a bit over thirty seconds to go in the power play, and the Sharks take a time out after Clemmer gloves down a shot.Â Holy hell this is gonna be one hell of an ending.Â Have I mentioned that NBC totally BLEW IT?!

5:31 PM: ROLSTON!Â GOOD GOD, every time he scores on a shot like that, the money we’re paying him becomes more and more worth it.Â BIG blast from the top beats Nabakov, screened by Clarkson.Â 6-5 Devils and three minutes left in regulation.

5:30 PM: Parise has done ust about everything offensively save for score a goal.Â I’d wager he’s at seven or eight shots and some great passes.Â Only a matter of time, I think.

5:29 PM: Clemmensen is NOT having a good game.Â Gets mixed around behind the net trying to play the puck.Â Joe Thorton gets whistled for a cross-check, though, so…opportunity is there now.Â Let’s get the lead kids.

5:25 PM: Thorton pulls a Lyle Odelin and passes to the goalie.Â Haha.Â Probably not as intentionally as Odelin, but still.

5:24 PM: Less than eight minutes to go in the third.

5:21 PM: Gio with a rocket of a shot that bounces off the post, and the PP is over.Â That…was not so good.

5:20 PM: Oh for christ sake.Â Pavelski picks it up on a turnover in the neutral zone and beats Clemmensen with a backhand, and we’re tied again on a shorthanded goal.Â Dammit.

5:19 PM: Joslin dumps a puck over the glass – that’d be a delay of game, and the Devils get themselves another PP.Â Let’s try and extend the lead a little, yes?

5:16 PM: Parise and Zajac with the assists on the Cap’n’s goal.

5:14 PM: YES!Â Parise with a drive, big rebound to Captainbrunner who jams it home!Â 5-4 Devils with the lead, 12 minutes to play in the game!

5:13 PM: Not a great start to the power play, as Johnny O can’t hold it at the point.

5:11 PM: And there’s our make-up call for the bad penalty against Colin White at the end of the second – at least I assume so anyway, because Mike Rupp drew it.Â I’d like to see a replay, but MSG+ would like me to see that guy who talks about how great the local teams are instead.

5:10 PM: And that’s the end of the power play.Â But we’re tied.Â And that’s pretty awesome.

5:09 PM: Devils still on the PP for another 35ish seconds.

5:08 PM: WHOO!Â THAT’S what the power play should look like!Â Hard-working all around.Â Parise hammers a shot in on Nabokov that’s stopped, Parise throws the rebound through the crease at Elias jams it home! Elias with the goal on the 2 Man Advantage, because Patty loves us.Â Tie game!

5:06 PM: Clarkson gets whomped into the boards, crumbling in a heap.Â Ehrhoff gets the penalty, Devils get a 2 MAN ADVANTAGE for 30 seconds!

5:05 PM: Devils are really buzzing on this power play – a handful of shots already and even more chances.Â A minute and change to go.

5:04 PM: Penalty to Thorton for a hook – a legit call, which means we’re still owed some makeups from previous bad calls dammit.Â Regardless, it’s a power play.

5:03 PM: Okay, penalty to Captainbrunner over, we’re back to full strength.

5:01 PM: Third period on.Â Devils still on the PK, and still down by a goal.Â The Sharks have yet to lose in regulation when making it to the third in the lead.

4:42 PM: Setoguchi scores on a nice pass from Thorton, and it’s 4-3 Sharks to end the second.Â Devils will still be on the PK for the start of the third.Â See y’all then.

4:40 PM: Oh for eff’s sake.Â Captainbrunner goes down with a trip and now it’s a five-on-three for San Jose for 1:17.Â Dammit gang.

4:39 PM: Mike Rupp with a shot on net, which surprised me because this is the first I’ve heard of Mike Rupp playing this afternoon.Â Colin White takes an interference call and now it’s the Sharks on the PP.

4:35 PM: And the inability to convert that opportunity may prove costly, as Cheechoo scores with a blast, re-directed by the stick of Andy Greene on defense.Â Game’s tied at 3.Â Sigh.

4:34 PM: JEBUS!Â Elias gets a one-on-one with Rob Blake, waits for Zubbie, Zubbie manages to get Nabakov to wind up way out of net, and then can’t get it to anyone in the slot – because no one would get to the slot.Â Dammit.

4:33 PM: Kerry “The Hair” Fraser says it was inconclusive, so the call on the ice stands, and it’s no goal.Â Phew.

4:31 PM: Pavelski gets ROBBED by Clemmensen.Â They’re reviewing the play and it seems similar to the one that went against us in Anaheim.Â Clemmensen’s pad is somewhat in the net and there’s no way to really tell where the puck is underneath.Â Frankly, I think the puck, if in the net, was kicked regardless in the end.Â Of course, as we all know, the one in Anaheim went against us, so…let’s just wait and see.

4:28 PM: And that’d be the end of another Devils PP.Â I think that’s 0-for-3 on the day now?Â Not good, guys.Â Not good.

4:27 PM: Zajac’s back on the bench.Â Thank you merciful god.

4:26 PM: Ohhh man Parise with a glorious chance in front but can’t lift the rebound over Nabakov’s pad!

4:25 PM: Devils head to the power play after a high sticking call against the Sharks.

4:24 PM: So with Zajac still out, they’re mixing in centers to play with Captainbrunner and Parise, and right now it’s Holik.Â Now THAT’S scary.

4:20 PM: All penalties have expired, back to full strengh for everyone.

4:19 PM: Johnny tried to dust off last year’s Orr-duya smooth skating rush all by himself, but this time he shoots probably too early and misses the net.Â Oh well.

4:18 PM: And now Rolston goes down for a slash.Â Rollie’s picking very bad times to take very bad penalties.Â Four-on-four for a minute and a half.

4:17 PM: Clowe goes to the box for an unintentional trip, but a trip nonetheless.Â Devils back to the PP, sans Zajac, who’s yet to return from the locker room.

4:12 PM: Game sure has settled since the early parts of the first period.

4:09 PM: Zajac just took a stick to the face by Bryce Salavdor.Â Crap.Â Zajac to the locker room.

4:07 PM: And that’s the end of that one.Â Not much going on, only one shot on Nabakov.

4:04 PM: Michalek with a huge slash on Zajac’s stick, and we get our first PSE&G Power Plaaaaay! of the afternoon

4:02 PM: We be back.

3:43 PM: Aaaaand that’ll be the end of the first, Devils up 3-2.Â Shots are 11-8 in the Sharks favor.Â I’ll be back in seventeen, will you?

3:40 PM: Salvador gets tangled up and tripped, no call though.Â Can’t really tell if it should have been a penalty, but everyone at the arena thinks it was.Â Devils have yet to go on the PP this afternoon.

3:38 PM: Hey, what gives, we haven’t seen a goal in like five minutes.

3:36 PM: Hey NBC, this is what you missed out on this afternoon, when you just HAD to air Rangers/Flyers.Â HA!

3:34 PM: What a wild game.Â 3-2 and we’re only 3/4s of the way through the first period.

3:29 PM: CLARKSON! Devils with a breakout, two on two.Â Bad pass but Clarkson grabs a hold of it, spins and whips a deceptively strong shot at the net that I don’t think Nabby even saw.Â 3-2 Devils, assists to Madden and Rolson.

3:25 PM: At least I picked the right game to LiveCap this weekend, based on early returns, eh?

3:24 PM: …where they thusly score.Â Patrick Marleau tips one in for his 30th on the season, and the score’s tied at 2.

3:23 PM: Aaaand Rollie celebrates with a hook, and the Sharks – who have scored a PP goal in 9 of 10 – head to the power play…

3:13 PM: No Doc this afternoon, as he was in NYC calling the very amusing 5-2 Flyers victory over the Rangers – one featuring a four goal second period for Philly, the pulling of Lundy (again), and a five-on-three shorthanded goal by Mike Richards that made me laugh very loudly.

3:12 PM: Nevermind, Canjo just answered that – Pepe was not listed as a starter, hence a little confusion at the start of the game.

3:10 PM: Gionta from Patty and Zubbie, 30 seconds in.Â Claude Lemieux took the opening faceoff against Patty, btw.Â I wonder what kind of reaction he got when they announced his name at the arena pre-game.Â Did he get the traditional “(insert player name here) SUCKS!” chant, or perhaps some cheers?

3:09 PM: GIONTA!Â I didn’t even have time to mention that the puck’s on ice and Gio sweeps on in off a pass from Elias and it’s already 1-0!

3:08 PM: Apparently Paul Martin is also not playing today due to “upper body soreness,” Jay Leach is in.Â Shanny was not a surprise, Martin really is…I wonder what happened there?

3:07 PM: Shanny’s out for the Devils with general soreness after blocking four shots Friday night with his feet area.Â Jay Pandolfo is back in tonight in his stead.Â Go Super Jay!

3:04 PM: On the Devils end, three straight wins.Â Clemmensen has posted consecutive shutouts and hasn’t allowed a goal in seven straight periods, over 140 minutes.Â Captainbrunner has nine goals in nine games, Elias has a six game assist streak going, and the team is coming off a 1-0 victory over the NHL-leading Bruins.Â Yay!

3:03 PM: So here’s the deal.Â First, regarding the Sharks:Â Yes, Pepe is playing.Â He missed practice yesterday due to illness, but he’s over it.Â Passed it on to Dan Boyle, though, who will miss the game with the flu.

3:00 PM: So there’s about twenty other things I should be doing today, but none of them involve two of the best teams in hockey, so here I am, LiveCapping Devils/Sharks for all you loyal 2MA readers.Â Let me know you’re out there!